Category Archives: Sea food

Finding a great Seafood shop in Wuse 2, Abuja has re-introduced me to the world of seafood which I have missed so much since we relocated from Lagos. Under Falomo bridge, near Law school on Ozumba Mbadiwe used to be my treasured fresh from the water seafood location where one could get an array of seafood at a good price. Continue reading Stir Fried Octopus.→

It’s been quite a while, hasn’t it? 🙂 I have been busy cooking, cooking, cooking! Cooking for clients (Home deliveries, office parties and events). I tell you, large scale cooking is not easy o! It can be draining especially when you cook with your head and heart but I totally enjoyed it and it was great for the pocket too. 😉 I hope you all are great. I missed the blog but I was glad to take this little holiday off the blog to rejuvenate and to come back with interesting recipes.

This recipe was born out of my love for sea food and dodo. It is a very easy to cook spicy tomato based recipe and delicious.

From the southern part of Nigeria, in the riverine Niger-deltan region comes Gbagbafofo. An Itsekiri delicacy made with sweet smelling spices, herbs, meat and fruits of the sea. Just like banga soup , Gbagbafofo is a favourite amongst the Itsekiris. It is easy to prepare and oil free, making it a wonderful dish for those who are conscious of their oil intake.

As kids, we loved this dish so much. The problem was that Mummy Queen hardly cooked it. So, whenever she did, there was some sort of secret celebration amongst the kids. We just couldn’t wait for the pot to get off the cooker. Trust me, the pot emptied up in a few minutes. Such coconut-y deliciousness!

Thanks to modernization, we now have coconut milk in cans but the die hard ethnicfoodist in me still imagines that the fresh coconut juice and milk is the real deal. 😉 Blame it on Grandma’s idiosyncrasies which I swallowed hook, line and sinker… maybe 😉

Hello and welcome to the C-Series (Christmas Series). Thanks for your emails and suggestions through the suggestion box. I appreciate them all. I was taking out time to perfect some really delicious recipes. I know I am going to excite your taste buds…in short be ready for wahala with these recipes. Your loved ones will scream for more. Trust me when I say they will beg for more. This will be one of the best shrimps you have ever tasted! Dipped in the sweet chilli sauce… Ayakata! You can also add it to your small chops collection. Ah! Some of you who sent me emails must be smiling now. 🙂

Cat fish stew is a tough one to cook because the fish easily scatters into bits. Rather than to mess up the fish, a lot of people hardly try cooking it. Some people only have it when they visit fast food restaurants but I’ll show you a few tricks to help you cook it at home.Continue reading A very Matse Catfish Stew→

Egusi soup is one of the most populous soups in Nigeria and it is prepared in different regions differently. The Yorubas make their egusi balls chunky, the Ibos add an array of vegetables and people from the south-south of Nigeria enjoy using fresh sea foods like shrimps, fresh fish, prawns, octopus, crabs etc. for their egusi soup. I’d love to tell you that fresh sea foods go so well with bitter leaves in soups. The bitter leaves enhance the taste. Okokobiokoto! 😀